[Restoration] Human - Restore Like a Robot

[Superully]

wow, that is insane ! well spotted, andré.

[Superully]

Package will go out on Tuesday  

that was fast - the package has just arrived

i've anxiously opened it, unwrapped the BSC board, removed mine from the cabinet, installed yours, turned on the machine and ...

BEEP

... and ...

BEEP

... and ...

BEEP

... and ...

NOTHING 

F***!!!

@berzerk-master andré: what would be the next logical plan of attack?

-when i'm testing out the spare boards, do i test them one after the after and leave the swapped boards IN the machine or do i swap an old board with a spare one, turn the machine on, replace the spare board again with an old board and move on to the next board?

- could the flat cables still cause a connection problem although they passed the ohm test?

- could something be wrong with the replacement power cord?

[Muerto]

damn! that was quick! 

But sorry to hear they did´nt work  - have you tried mengeling ith the flat cables?? the way i got it working was that i pressed it all the way into the socket, and then pulled it about 1mm back again, so the metal against metal connected a new place inside the socket....

[Superully]

i have tried the flat cables in various positions - nothing 

[Spyridon]

Excellent post detailing the sand/paint work.  I'm picking up a Frenzy this weekend that I may repaint as a Berzerk so that was very useful.

[level42]

Did we mention it's fully working again as well ?

Just a bad RAM chip

Indeed, a job well done by Ully, I've seen it in person now, and it is an amazing job !

[Giddygoon]

Fantastic post!!

Lots of thrills and spills

Well done!!

[Superully]

thx guys, i'm happy with the results myself, although you DO see the paint job in bright daylight, but who cares? way better than it was before. thx again, andré, for hooking us up with the berzerks, for organizing the pcb set and for fixing our games - we still owe you

all we need now are those replacement control panels!

[level42]

Yeah.....that's taking pretty long......but we all know Chris is keeping us up to date and chasing.....

I also need to restore the coin-door still and I think I will give the lower front area a "mild" paint-job. Just cleaning and rolling a bit, to keep the structure. The other thing to do is to restore the bezel which I screwed up.......

[Superully]

The other thing to do is to restore the bezel which I screwed up.......

where are you going to have this printed now that nigel "monkeyonline" seems to have disappeared from the face of the earth. i found a german guy who can do stuff like that and who i'll be trying out soon!

[level42]

Not sure if I will simply touch up the original (likely). It's mainly only the black sections so even I should be able to touch that up without being too obvious.

Let me know if your guy is any good though, I think I can get the file from Luigi.

[Superully]

just fired up my berzerk to play some rounds, but instead of the usual BEEPS all i got was silence

the only thing working are the lights on the coin door and behind the marquee - nothing else. not even a grey picture on the monitor

power supply issue?

[level42]

Back door interlock.

Berzerk is one of the rare games that _do_ power up the marquee lighting but not the monitor and game electronics when the backdoor interlock is open.

[Superully]

Back door interlock.
Berzerk is one of the rare games that _do_ power up the marquee lighting but not the monitor and game electronics when the backdoor interlock is open.

unfortunately not! when the back door is open, the marquee does light up, but not the coin door lights. powering up the game turns on the coin door lights as well, but nothing else. damn!!!

[level42]

Rats.

Well, it's time to get out the DVM and check the power supplies...measure on the ZPU pcb